Ella Teevan, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America’s National Political Committee, joined the latest episode of the Green Left Show to discuss how DSA can build on its successes, and challenging US imperialism and President Donald Trump’s far-right agenda.
Suzanne James caught up with Melbourne singer-songwriter Les Thomas, who is back in Australia after a highly successful British tour that took his music from London clubs and Oxford’s Blackwell’s bookshop to the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival in Dorset.
Hundreds of National Tertiary Education Union members at the University of Melbourne went on strike to demand paid sick leave for casuals and safer workloads for academic staff. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
The Victorian Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission’s eight-year investigation into the United Firefighters Union (UFU) and its secretary has found no corruption. However, as Chris Slee reports, there are calls to remove the long-standing UFU secretary.
In the second part of our interview, Ella Teevan, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America’s National Political Committee, talks with Green Left’s Isaac Nellist about the importance of challenging President Donald Trump’s war drive, imperialist interventions and far-right agenda, and whether ecosocialist ideas are gaining traction in the United States.
Green Left’s Isaac Nellist was joined by Ella Teevan, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America’s National Political Committee, to discuss the upcoming midterm elections, Zohran Mamdani’s record as mayor of New York City and how DSA can strengthen the fight against Donald Trump’s far-right agenda.
Loukas Kakogioannis, from the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, joined Green Left Radio to talk about the recent attempt by the Victorian Labor government to deregister the union.
The crisis of affordable and secure housing is widely seen as the number one problem facing Australians and the generational pessimism is hard to miss. Jim McIlroy reports on the Australian Council of Trade Union’s welcome push for public housing.
While mass rallies and marches are often the go-to approach for activists, there has always been scope for creative activity to play a part in shaping how wider society thinks about an issue, writes Cas Smith.
Here Where We Live is Our Country is a long-awaited contribution to the sparse field of knowledge about the Jewish Labor Bund, a group that played a key role in late 19th and early 20th century Marxist history. Cas Smith reviews.
Brazilian political economist and ecosocialist Sabrina Fernandes will be a keynote speaker at Ecosocialism 2026, in Magan-djin/Brisbane over September 11–13. Ahead of her visit to Australia, Fernandes spoke with Green Left’s Federico Fuentes about the importance of ecosocialist ideas in the fight for a better world.
Izzy from Fight the Crisis, activists organising for a better deal inside the Australian Education Union, joined Green Left Radio to discuss Victorian Labor’s poor offer to teachers.
